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    October 17, 2017
    Duluth Fire Chief Dennis Edwards talks about his department’s work with people suffering from opioid overdoses during Tuesday’s City Hall public forum on the opioid epidemic. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    More needed in opioid fight, northern Minnesota panelists say
    DULUTH, Minn.—After more than an hour listening to local experts discuss the challenge posed by opioid overdoses, Dan Saker had his say....
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    October 11, 2017
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    A family left a toddler in a corn maze and didn't realize it until the next day, Utah police say
    A 3-year-old boy was found wandering alone through a 10-acre corn maze in northern Utah after his family left him behind, not realizing the small...
    newsOctober 11, 2017 - 12:10pm
    October 9, 2017
    Sgt. Kelly Greenwalt and Joel Olejnicak listen to a presentation during a police bias training session at the Duluth Police Department recently. (Clint Austin / Forum News Service)
    Duluth police guard against bias: Local agencies train on ‘impartial policing’ techniques
    DULUTH — Brenda Leffler Harteau started off a recent training session for local law enforcement officers with an anonymous survey. She...
    newsOctober 9, 2017 - 6:00am
    October 8, 2017
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    Willmar man arrested after high-speed chase in stolen car
    HECTOR — A Willmar man is in jail after leading law enforcement on a 21-mile, high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle Saturday. Jeremy Nordberg,...
    news/localOctober 8, 2017 - 5:37pm
    October 6, 2017
    Georgia sheriff, deputies indicted after body searches of 900 high school students
    The sound system squawked at 8 a.m., just as the school day was revving up at Worth County High School. The campus was now on lockdown, the announcement...
    newsOctober 6, 2017 - 2:26pm
    October 2, 2017
    Dean Robert Minnerath, 55, of West Fargo, was shot and wounded by Becker County sheriff's officers on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, near Audubon, Minn. Special to The Forum
    West Fargo man shot by Becker County officers has struggled for decades to overcome addictions, mother says
    WEST FARGO, N.D.—Dean Robert Minnerath, a 55-year-old West Fargo man shot by Becker County sheriff's officers on Thursday night, has a...
    newsOctober 2, 2017 - 8:48pm
    Accused Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, right, is shown with his brother Eric Paddock in a 2002 family photo. MUST CREDIT: Family handout photo
    At least 59 dead, more than 500 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip
    A gunman in a high-rise hotel opened fire on a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and wounded...
    newsOctober 2, 2017 - 5:56pm
    September 26, 2017
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    Abandoned newborn in car seat stuffed with $5,500, birth certificate found on side of freeway
    OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - A newborn baby left abandoned on the shoulder of an Oklahoma City freeway Saturday, Sept. 23, has been turned over to...
    newsSeptember 26, 2017 - 3:57pm
    September 22, 2017
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    Duluth Police ID suspect after tour boats unmoored and set adrift
    The Duluth Police Department has identified a suspect in this week’s Vista Fleet tampering, which left two cruise vessels unoccupied and adrift...
    newsSeptember 22, 2017 - 3:40pm
    September 21, 2017
    - The rising sun is seen through the windows of the unmanned Vista Queen floating free in the Duluth Harbor early Thursday morning. A person untied the Vista Queen and Vista Star and released them in to the harbor overnight. (Paul Scinocca photo)play button
    Police investigating how popular Duluth tourist boats set adrift overnight
    DULUTH, Minn. - Two popular tourist and event boats in Duluth were tampered with, unmoored and left unoccupied and adrift for hours early Thursday...
    newsSeptember 21, 2017 - 6:10pm
    September 18, 2017
    A Wisconsin man killed his wife then blew up his house to cover up the crime, police say
    There had been no formal reports of missing people - not from family or friends or neighbors - during the weeks, or even months, that police...
    newsSeptember 18, 2017 - 2:04pm
    September 13, 2017
    Minnesota drunken-driving crackdown included Ely driver too drunk to be booked
    DULUTH, Minn. — The Minnesota State Patrol on Wednesday, Sept. 13, reported the results of a recent two-week crackdown on drunken and other...
    newsSeptember 13, 2017 - 2:53pm
    September 11, 2017
    Photo illustration by Gary Meader / Forum News Service
    The DEA in Duluth: Inside the new addition to the local drug war
    DULUTH — The transactions occur in a flash. Under surveillance, investigators who observe repeated hand-to-hand swaps are able to conclude...
    newsSeptember 11, 2017 - 6:00am
    September 8, 2017
    Wayzata police officer first to die in line of duty since 2015
    WAYZATA, Minn. -- A Wayzata police officer was killed Friday while investigating a traffic crash on U.S. 12, according to police and media reports....
    newsSeptember 8, 2017 - 5:37pm
    September 5, 2017
    Officer shoots Ohio newspaper photographer after confusing his tripod and camera for a gun
    A newspaper photographer from Ohio was shot Monday night, Sept. 4, by a sheriff's deputy who apparently mistook his camera and tripod for a gun, and fired without a warning, the newspaper reported. Andy Grimm, a photographer for the New Carlisle News, left the office at about 10 p.m....
    newsSeptember 5, 2017 - 10:48am
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